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Joel Ferziger

Who

Joel Ferziger · Science & Medicine

What

Fluid mechanics

When

1937, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2004, Stanford, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Joel Ferziger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics

How & why

Ferziger was an American mechanical engineer and professor at Stanford University whose research and widely used textbook Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics helped establish numerical simulation of turbulence and fluid flow as a discipline. He trained generations of computational fluid dynamicists. He is listed among Jews in continuum mechanics by the Jewish biographical database Jinfo.org.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics

Contributions & Sources

Fluid mechanics

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics